Closed mdahlhausen closed 1 year ago
It looks like the documentation is actually correct
Severe GetElectricEIRChillerInput: Chiller:Electric:EIR="CH-1" ~~~ Heat Recovery requires a Water Cooled Condenser.
The fatal error with heat recovery used with Chiller:Electric:EIR and Chiller:Electric:ReformulatedEIR appears to be a mistake. The Chiller:Electric model does not have this same error and in fact has a different error that states that condenser flow rate is required for heat recovery. These 3 chiller models should handle heat recovery the same way.
// Condenser flow rate must be specified for heat reclaim
if (thisChiller.CondenserType == DataPlant::CondenserType::AirCooled ||
thisChiller.CondenserType == DataPlant::CondenserType::EvapCooled) {
if (thisChiller.CondVolFlowRate <= 0.0) {
ShowSevereError(
state, format("Invalid {}={:.6R}", state.dataIPShortCut->cNumericFieldNames(10), state.dataIPShortCut->rNumericArgs(10)));
ShowSevereError(state, "Condenser fluid flow rate must be specified for Heat Reclaim applications.");
ShowContinueError(state,
"Entered in " + state.dataIPShortCut->cCurrentModuleObject + '=' + state.dataIPShortCut->cAlphaArgs(1));
ErrorsFound = true;
}
}
So I wonder if we just modify that check, maybe things will "just work :tm:"? It they did, we could potentially squeeze this in for 23.2. If it's going to take any investigation, we're probably past time.
This is a documentation update request raised in this unmet hours question
The
Chiller:Electric
object documentation states:Note that heat recovery is only available with Condenser Type = WaterCooled.
This appears to be incorrect, as heat recovery has been supported in EnergyPlus for some time #2973.
This issue is two-fold: 1) Update the documentation to clarify air-cooled chillers are allowed. 2) Provide an example .idf file with an air-cooled heat recovery chiller.